No visa needed

Do citizens of Turkey need a visa for Syria?

Citizens of Turkey don’t need a visa for Syria and can stay up to 90 days. You need a valid passport; border officers may ask for a return ticket and accommodation. For a longer stay you need a visa or an extension.

For citizens of Turkey: the passport opens 71 countries visa-free; Ankara — Damascus: ≈ 780 km, about 1.5 hours of flying.

Checked by visa analyst Albert Brown, 13 years of experience · September 26, 2026

At a glance

No visa needed

Stay: 90 days

Can I travel to Syria without a visa on a Turkey passport?

Yes, citizens of Turkey don’t need a visa for Syria for up to 90 days. A valid passport is enough.

Syria visa rules at a glance

With a Turkey passport you can visit 71 countries visa-free, 34 with a visa on arrival and 35 with an e-visa; 58 more require an embassy visa.
By the number of visa-free destinations, the Turkey passport ranks 91st of 199.
Turkey passport: visa-free access to 71 countries; Syria passport: 7.
Citizens of Turkey and Syria can travel together visa-free to 7 countries, for example: Palestine, Iran, Seychelles, Malaysia, Dominica, Haiti, and Micronesia.
Turkey and Syria share a border, so you can also travel overland.
Citizens of Syria, in turn, need an embassy visa to travel to Turkey. Turkey visa for citizens of Syria

Travelling to Syria: good to know

Ankara — Damascus: about 780 km in a straight line; a direct flight takes roughly 1.5 hours.
No time difference with your country’s capital.
Local currency: Syrian Pound.
Languages: Arabic.
Exchange rate: $1.00 ≈ SYP 122.
Syria is the 4th closest of 197 destinations open to citizens of Turkey.